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New comment by jurassicfoxy in "Ask HN: What book had a big impact on you as a child or teenager?"

jurassicfoxy — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 17:11:56 +0000

"Island of the Blue Dolphins" (I was definitely younger than a teenager) stuck with me forever: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_of_the_Blue_Dolphins

New comment by jurassicfoxy in "Ask HN: Does anyone use sound effects in their dev environment?"

jurassicfoxy — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 16:57:11 +0000

I worked for a woman who had the Microsoft helper (like Clippy) but chose the cat avatar, and it would meow ALL day. It was funny for about 2 hours and unbearable beyond that!

New comment by jurassicfoxy in "The Tippy Type makes typing with long nails less tedious"

jurassicfoxy — Sun, 15 Sep 2024 01:54:22 +0000

My girlfriend has long, vampy, very pointy, totally annoying nails by her own admission, and loves them.

New comment by jurassicfoxy in "Sony announces PS5 Pro, a $700 graphics workhorse available Nov. 7"

jurassicfoxy — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 15:46:36 +0000

Exactly. Keyboard and mouse? Desk? Software updates? Heaven forbid: Windows? PS5 on the couch is by far the better experience.

New comment by jurassicfoxy in "Memorizing the first 100 perfect squares (2022)"

jurassicfoxy — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 15:43:43 +0000

I previously memorized pi to 100 decimals. Was fun, and now I'll never forget 3.1415926535897932384626433 ... how many is that? 25?

There are a several little triplet "patterns" in this first batch that make it easy to this point:

3.1415 926 535 8 979 323 84 626 433.

New comment by jurassicfoxy in "There is only one amphibian emoji"

jurassicfoxy — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 18:38:36 +0000

I just want to say, I love emojis. I wish there were thousands more. I love the artistry, the stylistic differences between platforms. I love the way their meaning changes with the times. I love it all.

New comment by jurassicfoxy in "We created a new account in Telegram and started looking for a job in Estonia"

jurassicfoxy — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 18:20:45 +0000

HN guidelines should ban "x.com" links entirely.

New comment by jurassicfoxy in "Ask HN: What are the best books you've ever read?"

jurassicfoxy — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 00:30:54 +0000

The Children's Hospital https://store.mcsweeneys.net/products/the-childrens-hospital

A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving

New comment by jurassicfoxy in "Google Maps is ruining us"

jurassicfoxy — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 18:21:15 +0000

> We drove down an increasingly narrow and desolate road. The tarmac disappeared, replaced by lose stones. It got steeper. The track turned into potholed grass and dirt. Huge rocks reared out of the earth.

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> And it was all Google Maps’ fault.

I mean, it was 100 % your fault, but you can blame a stupid phone if it makes you feel better about having zero common sense, and being a poor driver.

New comment by jurassicfoxy in "Ask HN: What's the worst advice you've ever received?"

jurassicfoxy — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 14:14:05 +0000

From my mother, a very emphatic "Don't sleep with women unless you love them!"

New comment by jurassicfoxy in "Professional poker players know the optimal strategy but don't always use it"

jurassicfoxy — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 17:16:10 +0000

That being said, when Super GMs play a bad move against a lower rated GM, they quite often gets a pass. They don't capitalize, simply because they assume the move is excellent.

New comment by jurassicfoxy in "Python Practical Package Packing 2024"

jurassicfoxy — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 19:14:26 +0000

I use pyenv, seems to work very well.

New comment by jurassicfoxy in "Story points are pointless, measure queues"

jurassicfoxy — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 22:11:03 +0000

This article was not written for the reader, but written because the writer loves to hear himself write.

New comment by jurassicfoxy in "New technology and old tactics have made buying a car a death march of deception"

jurassicfoxy — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 02:20:25 +0000

My recent visit to a BMW dealership (for parts for an old car) was so awful. Every aspect of the dealership feels scummy. The coffee machine "lounge", the shiny cars, the branded "merch", the sales staff, the "service department" layout. It's just a creepy experience at every step. I have never bought a new car (although I have bought used, from a few dealerships) and honestly I am not sure I ever would.

New comment by jurassicfoxy in "NASA map shows temperatures up to 160 degrees on Phoenix streets"

jurassicfoxy — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 20:31:05 +0000

Phoenix "city planners" (do any cities actually do any intelligent planning?) must be the most pointless job in the world. "How can we design something so awful that it is nearly uninhabitable?" must be their design philosophy. Or perhaps I should give them more credit; it may be a high quality experiment in Martian landscaping and terraforming.

New comment by jurassicfoxy in "Google Maps tests new pop-up ads that give you an unnecessary detour"

jurassicfoxy — Mon, 08 Jul 2024 21:51:00 +0000

I've driven to the wrong location twice because the top search result was an ad. e.g. I searched for "Home Depot" and immediately clicked on the top link (there's only one Home Depot nearby) and after a few mins realized I was headed somewhere else entirely, because they'd injected a tiny subtle ad above their search results.

New comment by jurassicfoxy in "Supershoes are reshaping distance running"

jurassicfoxy — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 21:39:13 +0000

Your minimalist shoes aren't going to be faster in a race, but they are still good for you. I think the way to go is to run in many pairs of shoes. Super shoes for some fast workouts and races, normal shoes for long runs and tempo work, minimalist shoes good to keep your feet strong, Achilles long, etc. Some of the fastest runners I know run in zero drop shoes, but they also run in carbon shoes. There's no value in limiting yourself.

New comment by jurassicfoxy in "Supershoes are reshaping distance running"

jurassicfoxy — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 21:37:09 +0000

I can assure you that many super shoes will make you noticeably faster. Try them on in the store, you'll know right away. That being said, some of them (Nike's especially) are really hard to run in. Almost zero heel support, and so you do have to be quite fast to make some of them work.

I have run in Endorphin Pro 3's and they are super super stable. I've work them for very slow ultras as well as fast workouts: excellent shoes all around.

New comment by jurassicfoxy in "FDA warns top U.S. bakery not to claim foods contain allergens when they don't"

jurassicfoxy — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 22:34:39 +0000

Isn't it about establishing a framework that people can trust, and closing loopholes? Just because the specifics are about sesame seeds, isn't that how the law works? Some stupid specific case forms the groundwork for the entire system?

New comment by jurassicfoxy in "The Delusion of Advanced Plastic Recycling"

jurassicfoxy — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 13:24:31 +0000

Recyling plastic has died for me. I read an article (probably posted on HN) that convinced me the act of "recyling" dumps enough microplastics into the water stream that it's all better off in a landfill. Finally that was it for me. Maybe on the odd day I'll throw # 1 PETE into the recyling bin, else it's into the garbage bag for me. Now we must simply focus on buying less.